The Hartshorne Sun. (Hartshorne, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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ESTABLISHED iR s
ohm Morro hope and hush r
IIARl SHORNI . OKI MIOMA. IHUKSI>AY. JANUARY It. 1« 17
NUMBER S.
Sixteen Victims
Storm Disaster
Destroyd Vireton Schoo! House in!
Pittsburg County; Teacher Will
Recover; AH Sections of County
Respond With Relief Fund.
FACTS or I Nil.MIST IN
CONNECTION WITH THF.
CAPITOL CONSTRUCTION
STAR
THEATRE
SUNDAY AT 8 P.
t <«r mnt<
ni ihti>n
rial ii
U'd 1111(1 Hill-
connection
the Oklnitu-
I'apiiol
o s'lum-
fret hollow tile
ii. (KIO s(|iiiivc foot of marble ti
"loon.
mm tiiiii <(| iii'i> feet of ci'fwi'iit in
; III iiin.s nf structural steel.
■ • i i nf • i-inforcing steel.
: ii hi i-u Ii ii' yards of concrete,
::.'.i)0u tuii-iv'.-, of cement.
i mill'.- of nirtal conduit and met-
As a result of a tornado which vi -
ited the northern part of Pittsburg
county, Thursday last and swept
■way the Vireton school hou •, six-
teen children are dead, and the
teacher, Miss Vera Carter, who .-nf
fered serious injuries is in a McAl-
ester hospital, under treatment, hut
will recover.
The dead are:
Alta Warren, eighteen, and Verda
Warren, fourteen, daughters uf K. I..
Warren.
Merta Davis, nine, and Ollie Iiavi-.
seven, daughters of R. H. Davis.
Elsie Perry, fourteen, and R iy
mond Perry, eight, daughter and sou
of B. F. Perry.
James Paddy, thirteen-year-old son
of J. W. Paddy.
Budge Brummett, six-year-old son
of R. D. Brummett.
Albert Dickinson, six-year-old on
of Virgil Dickinson.
Etta Pendleton, sevon-year-old
daughter of John Pendleton.
Jesse Bristow, seventeen, and I.illy
Bristow, seven, son and daughter of
J. H. Bristow.
Floe McFall, seven-year-old daugh-
ter of G. F. McFall.
Florence Rose, sixteen, and .l<
Rose, eight, dauchter and so" of
John Rose. The third and only ri-
f:unilv.
lock Mm"
8 total U|
Viretoi
maining child of the K
Minnie, thirteen years
All Saint's hospita at 1
day morning, which runs th
to sixteen deaths in the
school.
Of the 30 children in <seh«o'
house when the cyclone struck it.
only two escaped uninjured.
Two deaths are reported from
near Stigler from the same storri'.
They were Rev. J. W. Keith and hi-,
son, E. I- Keith, father and brother
of Mrs. J. L. Johnson of Haileyville
The rest of the injured are expect-
ed to recover, physicians say.
W. T. Ross, secretary of the Vin -
ton school board, sustained in/uric?
in his hack! but is reported as rest-
ing well.
Nearly every town and community
in the county joined immediately in
the relief movement, and it i . 1 ■
lieved there will be sufficient fund,
not only to relieve distress in stricV.
or h"m<>'i hut I'lso to compl''" a •
building fund to replace the d-.'l
•d school house.
Pursuant to proclamation of Coun-
ty Judge S. F. Brown, calling for re
lief funds, and naming Uev.'Thos. P.
N"W and Judge Johnson "s •> "■
committee for Hartshorn-, a ^ nv
me"t;ng was held in the Bapti
church Sunday afternoon when th"
movement was promptly launched
, ■ n,;...r t!i ;111)i '"iimi ht of Thus.
1). N i,11 I J.(M t< ''"I" " m #4 a fe-
ll,.: commit!ee l.i -olicit funds, the
l.anie I.I lie . .-.1 :i!.n JaCe! - being add-
ed jo the 11 I. T. W. athcrall, su-
ideeted sel retal'.V.
Tin f.,!,owimr :e . luii ui was pass-
ed:
KKSOI.UTION.
the ■' Hart.■'home.
Okla.. in pi i s I"' ' I'M-' a-similled on
tin,', the Till duv ol' .lanuary. l'.M7.
i'xt "I'd In a .'I f ,li l yrnp llhy and J
(•.>>;<11111■:i• i• to the strii'ke'i and dis-
I,| }'• t• I r county who
|l;lV(. i . reft of their loved ones
iq the awful VI HatUm 4 Thursday's
.• .,ui ulii.'h swept away their habi-
tut'.io S a- .1 bmuirht sorrow into their
|Uii,H... , ,i. .,i in tl.i'in not only
the-.e our sentiments of sympathy,
I ,,t nl i'i-i oo • :i-il ial aid in giving of
our ••ub.-iiiiiri— I • I -, I i\iiieh will suc-
cor Ih in in theii' ti •nporary distress,
I iitio -'and ie'idy and anxious to offer
1 every as?i-lan.'e jV,.,. our power to
alliesiate th. ir s-ulTeruur and aid
them in their hour need.
■\ mill taiituil trirter was made at
this ni'- line, am! on Monday morning
il„. ,-elii f c 'ntini!ee soon had a total
of siwhich was grumpily dis-
| m [; :v. \V. W. Chancellor of
Mc.Mest-r, Ih- di'iieiv'.! d chairman
.■ ,o i.i in.; disbursement of
relief funds.
l|)0
lim.'stoiu
steam radiation,
u- i lit Oklahoma
feet of Indiana
GOLDEN MERCANTILE CO.
ADDS NEW REFRIGERATOR
IN MEAT MARKET DEPT.
Caught in Whirling Building Without
Floor; Twenty-Three Escaped Death
rnt'
i,7110,000
Cos> per cubic foot, 2<; Vi cents.
'total cost ot building, *! ,f>0d,000.
Contractor, James Stewart Con-
st r iction company.
Capitol building commissioners,
Governor Williams, chairman.
VV. II. Anthony. Marlow; P. J.
Ooulding. Enid; Stephen A. Doug-
las. Ardmore.
Work started July 20. lid 1.
iist partially occupied, January
J, 1111 7.
Date of completion, July 1, UM7.
HAD THE WRONG NEGRO
AGAIN; WAS RELEASED
HON. JOHN C. WOOLLEY
World-famed orator, lecturer,
journal tut, reformer.
"John Ci. Woolley stands in the
front rank of the world's great ad-
vocates of the temperance reform,
lie is a born orator, and this means
more than being a polished speaker,
although he is that, too, for he pos-
sesses that Clod-given power to stir
the hearts, awaken the consciences
and compel conviction In the mind
of his hearers. There is more religion
in his speeches, notwithstanding their
quaint humor and racy wit. than
many sermons, and his merciless logic
leaves the shuffler no hole through
which to craw."—Secretary New
Zealand Alliance.
Frank Golden, junior, member of
the firm of Golden Mercantile Co.,
said to The Sun man thBt he was
not content with "good enough" in
the matter of service to their pat-
rons, but rather feels that they are
entitled to "second to none," and ac-
cordingly this firm has just this week
installed one of the latest patterns
and most approved sanitary refrig-
erators in Oklahoma. He added that
this new equipment cost considerable
money, but that the investment would
not only prove of economic value in
the long run because it preserves the
meat at an even temperature sweet
and wholesome indefinitely, but is
perfectly clean and sanitary, and this
is the object sought, and which is of
supremest consideration to the trade.
It is a handsome piece of furniture
that any market would be proud to
possess.
STIGLER Okla Jan. S. -That I wind sucked him through the win-
the dav of miracles is no, yet oversow After the atom tadI atatad.
the little fellow was found uninjured
and playing on a hillside seventy-flv
yards away from the wrecked build-
ing.
PITTSBURG COUNTY
FARES WELL IN THE
SIXTH LEGISLATURE
is demonstrated by the freaks of the
cyclone which on Thursday demol-
ished the Vireton schoolhouse in
Pittsburg county, resulting in the
death of fifteen school children and
the injury of many more.
The funnel-shaped cloud which
came up out of the southwest, leav-
ing death and destruction in its wake,
performed its queerest antics in Has-
kell county, at the . Martin box
schoolhouse, a two-story frame build-
ing. three miles west of Stigler,
which were Lucian Thomas, the
teacher, and twenty-three children.
When the atorm broke, the second
story of the school house, which was
an unoccupied lodgeroom, was sev-
ered as though cut by a huge knife,
as was the top of a large tree near
the building-
A little tot was standing by a win-
dow as the storm approached and he
disappeared as the roaring, whirling
•bitt Speaker, Mola* Hi Secre-
tary; Committee Job Good.
The schoolhouse was moved seven-
ty-five feet off ita floor by the ve-
locity of the wind and while the floor
remained intact the school teacher
and his pupils were carried along
with the shells of the buiding. The
ceiling of the lower room and the
floor of the lodgeroom. with the
teacher and twenty-two school chil-
dren, after sailing through the air
for a distance of eventjr-five feet,
lodged on the sharp stump of a tree.
When rescuing parties arrived on
the scene, the school teacher and Ma
twenty-two little chargee were chop-
pod out, neither the teacher nor tho
children having as much aa a single
scratch to bear evidence of the har-
rowing experience through which
they had just passed in their mirac-
ulous escape from death.
BUFFALO BILL IS DEAD.
5IQ3SON LECTURES
AT HAILEYVILLE
a A i uim^A l nioh i
Hear lion. Hichmond P. Hobson
Wiure in the l'reshyterian church in Hailshorn
Haileyville. Saturday night, January tember 21,
Hi. at ft P. M.. on the subject: "Do- capital.
...royin" the (In at Destroyer." Mr.
11,, . -i i.- a man no' only ot national
l„,t „|- wui-l.l Wide fame. He is one
I,mine -I men ; he is elo-
a „1 above all ia deeply sincere
f, Jit t liu damnable
11 a'Tv. Kcerybody is Wei-
ll i- free.
After examining twenty-five wit-
no-ses who fotmcily knew Morris
Hardy, the negro who is accused of
murdering Denver"Allen. IT.-year-old
lep-son" of JuMice of the Peace J.
A. Johnson of Hartshorne. County j
.Utorney Carl Monk this morning or-1
doled the release of the negro sus-\
,,ecL who was brought, here from
MonticeUn, Ark., last week.
The negro, who gives Ins name as
W ti Iter Marsh, exhibited affidavits
from several prominent people in
I'rescott, Ark., including the couniy 1
judffe of that county declaring that
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB.
A-most enjoyable evening wii
spent Monday night when the ladies
of the Twentieth Century Club en-
tertained their husbands at the home
of Mr. ami Mrs. C. S. Wingate. Mr.
and Mr,. I.eKevre were host and
hostess for the evening.
The house wore its holiday attire,
■is ,! was beautiful, with its lights,
DENVER, Colo., Jan. 10.—Col.
William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), sol-
dier, hunter, showman and scout,
died at 12:05 p. m. here today, at
Pittsburg county is faring well at I the home of his sister. With Col.
the bands of the sixth legislature „ Cody when he d.ed were his w.fe,
far. Besides the election of Repre- daughter and his sister, Mrs. L. E.
■ntative Paul Nesbitt as speaker of Decker, of Denver.
the house, several Pittsburg county Col. Cody was for many years
men have been named to jobs in the known to nearly every man, woman,
legislature and the committee as- lioy and girl in America through his
signments, in both house and senate, wild west show, with which he tour-
have given this county's represents- ed this country and Europe. He was
lives good opportunity for labor. a picturesque type of the pioneer
The most important jobs handed frontiersman and lived to see large
out to Pittsburg county men are I cities built where ho once hunted the
those of private secretary to the I buffalo and fought Indians.
speaker, to Harold Moles, and clerk-1 Col. William F. Cody was born
ships to Frank Newman and Bert|in county, Iowa, February 26,
Mai cum. I 1846, His ancestral stock was Span-
senate, Senator Bueknerl Eng|ish and Irish.
I .# tka */>■>!IW1 ♦ _ I
In the
It: <! \v;h heaulii in, wun lis iik« ^< , . # A.
f, toons, wreaths, potted plants, pink was made chairman of the commd-
. f.wiitrtil rolntimiA and a mem-
and while carnations and ferns.
liriiliro was played. Partners were
round by a description of each lady.
au the ca-vV . .■ Vi the men
tTie president of
drew w itten by
judf'e Ot tnat. couniy uei i. .m, i
he was in 1'iescott at the time the | 'e i u i. /
killing occurred, Sep-
11107.—Tuesday's News-
i-f
The time to lie jolly is when every-
thing is going wrong and you are way
'own in Ih" mouth with the blues.
i hit i • a might/i c" thing to preach;
' almighty hard to practise How j ~ (' S.'Wingate, J.
,s a fallow to be jolly when he gets ! ^
president
games, a deli-
ious two-course luncheon was serv-
ed. Music, dancing and conversa-
tion filled in the remainder of the
evening.
Those-jpresent were: Messrs. and
Mesdames W. A. JCvans, 11. !•', Jeff-
eK. ,1. I.eKevre, It. Newkilk, C.
A. Uif.lt, Dr. and Mrs. Sames. B. C.
Sims. T. J. Stailings, H. A. Weeks,
on federal relations and a mem-l wiujam l. Brown, an old citixen
., of the committees on appropria- If Bache d,ed auddeniy imgt Satur-
lions, ways and mam, rouniciptl' * *" L —
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The society met with Mrs. Ed Piatt
Tuesday afternoon. In the absence
of the president, Mrs. Hill, the flrat
vice-president presided. The devo-
tional service waa led by Ba*. K. M.
C. Hill. The general proem waa In
charge of Mrs. Hunter. The eubject
for consideration waa: "Our Sympa-
thetic Attitude Toward Sooth Ameri-
ca and Ita Problems." The topic
proved both profitable and entertain-
ing.
The society will meet next Tueeday
afternoon with Mrs. T. W. Hunter. ^
Those present were: Meedamws
Hunter, Hill, Fielder, Christian,
I'latt, Miss Rayburn, Deaeooeaaaa
Harris and Davia, Rev. Hill and Mra.
Walker of Haileyville, aod Mm Wal-
lace of Hartshorne, were vi^tora.
Masters Keller Huntar and Howard
Piatt were the juvenile visitors.
•• .♦ :Tr.:: o:'A--''f.
CCST5 300 LIVES j
i .... p rH ,a S ; -rrd nnd T!'OU3r.iid
• ;, Are D .Iroycd.
TOKIO. ,1:in. Ii. Tin en hiiliilred
„..su, , |.;i ,. Iioea killed and many iii-
, j., -i ilisn.ti-ons oi'rthijttnko in
. ,,, T ihV.u th •
i n< V :s . . ''mnle.d
tin i i .. .. 'nave been destroy-
morning, steps on
i t• <■'-. burns his fingers while light-
.,-.ir tb kitchen fire, finds his pet dog
nioMined goes down to business and
'"inds two sight drafts to pay and no
•> in sight, g-.'ts a letter from his
. ,;'i ■ i law informing him that she
. :el. and so on thru the day. Show
IS the fellow who wouldn't wear the
K of his mouth in curl papers
under those ci cumstances.
The Twentieth Century Club met
with Mrs. J. 11. Baker Wednesday,
January 8, 1! 1 7. Roll call was re-
spoiuleil to by "Thackery is a Social
lii gT.eratiir. How'.'" Luncheon was
[ served at the usual hour.
corporations, commerce and
mines and manufacturing, si
■ounty affairs, and penal institu
lions.
In the house, Representative Nes- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
bitt is chairman of the committee on I was a native of Yell
rules and procedure; Represcntattve county, Arkansas. He had been a
Haile is chairman of judiciary com- meml)er Qf tj,e Methodist Episcopal
mittee No. 1 and a member of the I chorch Soutili for over thirty years,
•ommittees on rules and procedure | funeral service was conducted
by Rev. R. M. C. Hill at the home
Burial at Red Oak ceme-
tery. He leaves a wife and five chil-
dren and a number of grand children.
He was in the Confederate service
• I during the war between the states.
In retiring as an active partner in I ^ woui,j have been 71 years old in
the firm of Martyn Bros. Lumber Feblwy
Co., i take this opportunity of ex-1
pressing to our valued customers my. ^ n WBr debt ia
sincere thanks and apprec.at.on o #
their valued patronage dunng th« | ♦
ox nacne, u.™ The ^ quarterly J
day of telescoping of the bowels. He | the Methodist church waa hold ta
* r . . ... .l, ..A i. ,u. V«liiHiki
at ions, commerce and 1 bor;|had "notbeen'siclt until this attack the church Wednesday oroiri—, jr.
and manufacturing, state and I which en(|e(j ),{„ life. His wile had J. M. Peterson, P.%, proBdll #, FM
^one t0 a daughter, and the old
gentleman was at the home of his
son, living at the north edge of the
and on appropriations; Representa-
tive Fitzgerald a member of the com- j ^ hjg
mittee on mines and mining. 1
ANNOUNCEMENT.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES.
SS'.VE CLUB PROGRAM, pi
X e
WHO CA T JOIN OMR GREAT
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB?
You Can Join---The Children Can Join---
Every Menibcr of the Fanii.y Can
Join .-Churches 1 fc^pcr
Can Join
IF Yv>U ARli SAVING-SAVK MOUi-
IF YOU ARE NOT-S l'ART NOW.
JOIN OUR CHRISTMAS CLUBS.
2c Class pays you - - - $2r .50
5c Class pays you - - - $63.75
It costs nothing to join. It means a Happy Christ-
mas It for any reason you are compelled to stop
paying, you will receive the moue> >ou have paid
in, two weeks before Christmas.
TIME IS SLIPPING AWAY-YOU SHOULD
JOIN NOW
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HARTSHORNE, OKLA.
Canital $50,000.00 Surplus—$25,000.00
Stockholders' Li.bility-$50,000.00
„,f pAY 4 PER CENT ON TIME DEPOSITS.
OFFICERS, ^ cashier.
DUCTORS: ^ HyU/.h'i. P. Sa*a*e.
\l Sunday morning there will be
■hing at 11 o'clock by the pas-
tor. No service at nijrht. on ilccount
„ | of the address by John G. Wooley.
"Home nnd Home Making.
A woman's way of beautifying! Kpworth I.eanue will ho,d a ser
vice at (! :45 P. M., and will boirm
lomo. i .
Thu life of the spirit is the life of , promptly,
i lie hom
Kvcry day work.
S'tving influence of music,
llyifiene in the home.
Hygiene and house plants.
M u.sic.
lic.ll call—Our Ideal House.
The club meets Saturday
Mrs. A. K. Carlock.
with
Sunday school is taking on still
moie of the new life. The continu-
ed increased attendance is very
gratifying You are welcome to
join if you are not a member of some
other school in town. We are want-
ing those who have no Sunday school
home. We are doing fine. Come on
and help lis do more.
Pure Food Grocery
Clean, Dependable;
Produce Bought
and Sold
Prompt ^Delivery
F. A. NASH, Sis"
now
This is probably
their valued patronage uunn<f J'"11 m08t flaffrnnt case 0f inflated
time I have been actively connected "
with the firm. My brother, H. Martyn cr,dlt on record-
Jr., will act .s i «"^r of the_ firm jf ^ ^ ^ |n gan
after January > , ^ Antonio are planning a provisional
having been brought about on ac- nment for Northurn Mexico,
count of outside interests of wh.t provision are they making for
writer hereof. In behalf of the man-
aurement I am soliciting your future
rei|uirements in our line. Our plan-l
inK mill facilities and the fact thBt
we are operating the nearest mill set I
in this vicinity affords us a splendid
opportunity of offering exceptional
low prices in view of the fact that ihe I
general lumber market has experi-1
<!need a very material increase during
the past year. THIS IS A FEATURE
WORTH REMEMBERING. It has
always been the policy of our yard I
to render good service, courteous I
treatment and competitive prices, and
on the basis of this continued policy
we solicit your future business, and I
will at all times extend every acco-
modation consistent with conservs-|
live business methods.
Yours sincerely,
J. W. MARTYN.
lowing the conference, •
was given Rev. Dr. Peterson and Mrs.
Peterson, st the pastor's boas, which
was attended by a goodly number vt
members. Readings w r« firm
by Misses Pardone and CalHs, vocal
solos by Sarata Callls and «Ml«I
numbers rendered by Alpha Lwm and
Vivian Whitehead. A very pleasant
hour was devoted to social Msnw,
at the conclusion of which, appetis-
ing refreshments in the forss of
coffee and eake, were passed. Brother
Peterson and his estimable wife are
much beloved by the flock, each of
whom esteem it a special pleasure to
have had them on this occasion. Re*.
Dr. Hill and Mrs. Hill wes* at their
best in dispensing high class hospital
>ty.
Mail order houses do nothiag for
this city except to take fan It mat-
ey that should circulate here, aad
would circulate to the benefit of the
entire commonity, if it were spent
with local business concerns.
PUBLISHER'S REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE FIRST STATE BANK
OF HARTSHORNE, OKLAHOMA
At the Close of Burin***, Dacamber 27, 1 U.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts-- --""j '221'!?ONB
S.M7.M
MNM
S4T4.tR
uijis
7,167.90
NON*
25,724.85
..942MM.27
Loans and Discounts
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured
Securities with Banking Board
Stocks, Bonds, Warrants, etc
Banking House
Furniture and Fixtures
Other Real Estate Owned -
Due from Banks
Checks and Other Cash Items
Exchanges for Clearing House
Bills of Exchange
Cash in Bank
TOTAL
EPWORTH LEAGUE PROGRAM
January 14tK, f917.
Subject:—"Climbing Above the
Clouds."
Leader—Alice McMillan.
Scripture lesson—Reading from
Hahukuk, by leader.
Why we need the Eve—Winnie
Callis.
"Climbing Above the Clouds"—Re-
sponsive reading by leader and con-
gregation.
The Epworth Eve and Prepared
ness—Miss Davis.
Making the Eve count in our
Work—By the pastor.
Join the Eve Family—Miss Liska
Hunter. •
A special delivery letter froih the
editor.
Closing Benediction.
Our observation is that the sdvisa-
bility Of long as well as short skirts
■hows that everything depends
something else.
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock Paid in '
Undivided" Profits, less Expenses and taxes Paid ll.OgjV
Reserved for Taxes ——- *
Due to Banks.. NOMB
Dividends Unpaid *u sn M
Individual Deposits Subject to Check MWIjTO
Demand Certificates of Deposit. —
Time Certificates of Deposit — - '
Certified Checks A m n
Cashier's Checks Outstanding
Notes snd Bills Rediscounted
Bills Payable WJWli
TOTAL-
.|4M,MUT
irta
i
SUte of Oklahoma, County of Pittsburg,—ss.
I C L. Willis, Csshier of the above named Bank, do sols^nlr ISM
that the 'above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and MUef,
10 help m# g°d" c. L. WILLIS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this * ,#1T*
Notary'Pubtta.
My Commission Expires July 8, 1917.
'a S. WINGATE.
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